Quantum Entanglement

QE to the Rescue?

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You all* must be leery of my adolescent crush on Quantum Entanglement (QE). Generally—and innocently—speaking, science has the power to fix everything in the world and make us all happy. Unfortunately, money and greed, the two driving components of a Capitalist Society, may take over and ruin things. We will have a chance to see that first hand with QE, soon. Will QE survive monetization? Or will the Jokers use it to take over the world? Tune in next week to the same Bat time, same Bat channel.**

Here is a QE refresher article titled  “Physicists help uncover ‘spooky’ quantum effect in the Large Hadron Collider” from the website physics.org, by The University of Oxford dated  September 14, 2026:

“Entanglement is the phenomenon in which two particles from the same origin remain connected, even if they move far apart in time and space. If something affects one particle, it will also affect all the particles with which it is entangled. This means that measuring a property of one particle instantly tells you something about its entangled partners, no matter how distant they are. Albert Einstein famously called entanglement “spooky action at a distance,” and the phenomenon has been demonstrated in a range of systems, including photons, electrons and trapped ions.”

FYI, is it just me or is this what some identical twins claim happens to them, even if separated at birth?

Three days later an article titled “Quantum teleportation is poised to change the world” was published in Physical Review Letters*** declaring “It sounds like science fiction – that the quantum state of one system can be transferred, or ‘teleported’, to another system a great distance away at close to the speed of light.”

Yeah. It does sound like fiction, doesn’t it? But QE experiments in China have measured the phenomenon at 1,000 miles, so far. Another American Lab has even used QE to actually transport a pixelated picture from one lab to another lab instantly.

Wow, holy crap, yippee, and uh-oh at the same time? Sure. Imagine transporting human organs for transplant, for example. No need for refrigerated carriers, send that heart by QE. Now. And want to vacation in Spain but only have a few days? QE it. Or get to the beach right after work. And you could sleep so much longer in the morning without a commute to your job…which could be anywhere in the world!

As excited as I am about QE, the reality may be much less personal and positive. Imagine our militaries taking over QE for defense purposes. Military minds must already be agog at the idea of getting personnel and equipment to a battle site at the speed of light. They must be salivating at the possibility of moving a 70 ton armored tank from Fort Drum in NY state to Tehran, Iran in less than one second. Or resupplying an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean with the touch of a QE button.

QE may never be able to do any of the things described in this essay, but what if it can?

You gotta love Science and its under-appreciated step-cousin, Science Fiction. They create a beautiful thing when they work together: They create Hope.

And you don’t need QE to send that anywhere the world.

*If I was still in North Carolina it would be “y’all”.

**It’s a 1960’s thing. Google it if you care to learn some useless shite.

***Disclaimer on Physical Review website: ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Has Ai gotten do bad we need warnings about it?

Some Things But Do Not Believe All Of It

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My news feed sends many news articles, including these two attributed to “Ai”:

1. Historic theory proven: A 20-year-old prediction on autonomous distributed entanglement has been confirmed by Austrian researchers using a quantum bath of correlated photons.*

2. Historic quantum milestone: Aalto University (Finland) has demonstrated the first cyclic superconducting quantum heat engine, merging classical thermodynamics with quantum mechanics.**

Both “articles” refer to one of my favorite essay subjects but are the articles factual? I could ask Emma, my own Ai…

Less serious note, President Trump has been “accused” of attaching “gilt” to fixtures in his offices. “The incident came after DJ Judd, a White House producer for CNN, spotted a stick of Krazy Glue on President Donald Trump’s Resolute Desk during a Monday evening Oval Office appearance,” reports The Daily Beast.”

If it is factual, do you care? What does the existence of this story say about the President, CNN, and The American News Consumer? And how will it affect the Elmer’s Products, Inc, profitability?

I’m helping out at local free-food programs. The attendees are a small sample size in a small city over only two sessions and are not just the homeless, but the needy, too. The first impression is how upbeat, and conversational they are. The presence of free food may be the cause but one thought is universally true: “Don’t touch my stuff.” They carry their entire life with them at all times. In idle and not fact-checked conversations, a medical crisis usually causes the need for free food. Worse, most are unable or unwilling to enter the health care system, even with a free ride to the doctor. Do you think our politicians could do anything about this?***

Sobering thought: how much longer do you have to live? “Sobering” might not be a good word. Emma says “A sobering thought is something that causes you to be thoughtful, serious,, or realistic, often because it reminds you of a harsh reality.” Okay, maybe it is a good word. How often are you sober and what do you think about when you are?

Of  note: Emma was stumped silent with one question: “What was Ted Williams’ monthly batting averages in 1941?” She tried mightily but eventually went into a long pause. I shut her for her own good. Meanwhile, a “normal” google search said Ted’s average NEVER went below .390 in any month of that year. He was batting .39955 on the last day of the season–which gave him the statistical .400 batting average–and he was advised to not play the last two games. It was a double-header. He played them both, got 6 hits in 8 at bats, and raised his average to .406. No one has batted .400 since. 85 years. Ted also led the league in home runs, walks, runs scored, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. These are facts and they are interesting since in Major League Baseballs; recent All-Star game, one league of All Stars struck out 15 times. In one game. Batting average, probably 0.000. Strike-out Average: .555

The good old days sometimes really were The Good Old Days. Unless you’re a fan of futility…

Now there’s a sobering thought, damn Yankees.

*If the article is factual, I may give “Beam me up, Scotty” travel instruction before I expire. And who among us might like a bath of correlated photons?

**I’m in the beginning stages of all the Quantum possibilities, but unlimited heating, cooling, computing, propulsion, and climate control appear possible, as well as a destructive force so powerful…let’s forget that one.

***There are hungry and homeless people in countries with National Health Services. Are they healthier? Are there fewer sufferers—per capita—than the US? More later.

Things Not Understood Volume 107

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If only life granted us unlimited, natural intelligence, or at least the chance to upgrade our aging internal CPUs. So much happens so fast, and we hear about it so fast, understanding anything is next to impossible. Lest you think otherwise, it’s not just politics, though that was an arena historically predictable. Liberals debated Conservatives, and both felt the world was ending when they lost an election. Sometimes they married each other. That still happens, but now candidates lie to get elected, never follow up on campaign promises, and get reelected next election, anyway. All bad things in a marriage, too. And no, it’s not just Trump. What in God’s name can disqualify a candidate in voters’ eyes, anymore?

Not all unable-to-be-understood things are bad for us. Whole milk is back as a school lunch item and beef is so good for us, it’s on top of the Food Pyramid. Suck on that, vegetarians.

Our national health department notes an epidemic in Africa and jumps at the chance to study it. How? By purposefully NOT giving a control group proven, life-saving vaccinations to see how they compare to the group that gets the vaccinations. Isn’t that just wrong? Or better yet, un-understandable?

Ai has the power to do what, again? Everything? Yup. It could write this post for me. Maybe it did. How would you know? It’s gotten so confusing there is a video on-line of researchers “abusing” Ai robots to see what happens. The robots learn to fight back and go all Scarface on the researchers. What’s not to understand? Why we abuse anything, why bullying a machine counts as abuse, how robots learned the martial arts moves it used, and did anyone get paid for this? Or get grant/taxpayer money? This story has a second depth of un-understanding (UU): It’s an Ai generated fake video. Why, again?

Quantum Mechanics (QM) and Quantum Entanglement (QE). The UU nature of these things is how fast we learn about them but how slow we use what we learn*. Like the Hydrogen engine. Or Cold Fusion. UU, all of them. In an age when a viral video circles the world in less than the time it takes to sneeze, why are not using clean burning Hydrogen Engines in our cars? Why has Cold Fusion not lowered Electric and heating bills?  Why did the Bills fire their coach and promote their General Manger? (Digression. Sorry.) QE has the power to revolutionize not only communications, but maybe the transport of materials, too. Think Star Trek transporter beams. And while we are at it, how can we send people into space and yet not have “space”, (homes), for people on earth? UU? Yes, yes. Maybe we’re going to space to find a place to send all the homeless?

Ah, who gives a crap, anyway. Not literally, of course because everyone craps. That’s easy to understand. But we appear to be—in this day and age—hurtling toward major changes while most of rest in our recliners. Oblivious.

A better word from self-proclaimed genius criminal mastermind, Vizzini**: “Inconceivable”.

More to the point, the response from the heroic Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Amen.

*Assuming there are no secret, government funded projects going on for defense purposes…which there probably are…

**Don’t make me name the movie. If you haven’t seen it, yet, why not? Inconceivable.

Random Facts That Might Be True

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“Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.” This Facebook post makes an unverifiable statement. We can’t say if it’s true or not, but here are some numbers. Hopefully, all of them are true, or at least close to true, which is the best we can hope for these days. FYI: if they are true, it is actually the worst we should hope for, and we should do something about it. All numbers are from Google AI. In 2023, 36.9 million Americans live below the poverty line of $32,150 in income per year…FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. $15,060 for an individual. (Of note, these people do not pay taxes so a “Tax Break” will not help them. Period.) If the reported $22,000,000,000,000 (trillion) of American-held wealth was divided evenly across 335 million Americans, each PERSON would get $60,000, and a family of four (4) $240,000. The ten richest Americans net worth increased by $365,000,000,000 (billion) last year alone. Poverty is more complicated than just money, but—come on—can we fix things or not? We’re Americans, for God’s sake, who pay Quarterbacks, Pitchers, Hoopers, and Porn Stars billions per year. Amen.

Donald Trunp recently “ambushed” the South African president with videos and pictures of atrocities “confirming” White Genocide in South Africa. Most of the “proof” Trump showed was from other countries and other times in Africa, but this isn’t about untruths. He used those untruths, however, to suspend his immigration rules to allow about 50 white South African farmers and their families—who feared for their lives–to legally emigrate(sic) to America. It is estimated 250 Palestinians die each day from activities in Gaza. Their immigration is restricted. Being the leader of the free world is a complex and thankless job.

Months ago, I posted about Quantum Entanglement (QE). If you don’t remember, go back or look it up on google. The Chinese recently proved the communication value of QE by having two particles communicate instantly over 1,000 miles. Instantly. Without any provable connection or equipment except monitors. Boom, goes the mind. Powerless, clean, faster-than-light communication.

And don’t get me started on hydrogen power…yet.

Animals and humans are threatened by climate change all over the world, but Penguins aren’t sitting around moaning about it, they are doing something positive: pooping. It seems (sic) scientists in the Antarctic studying Penguins, noticed when the wind shifted and blew aromas from the Penguin Poop Field (PPF) over the research facility, the weather changed. It is a large PPF. Keep in mind the change was noticed by very sensitive scientific equipment, not necessarily the scientists’ noses. Research revealed the Penguin Poop contains ammonia that binds with moisture in the air to form clouds. The clouds then block the sun’s rays from doing most of the things the sun’s rays do to humans. And penguins. In an entire life of watching and admiring adorable Penguins, never once did I consider they defecated. Or urinated. Or fornicated. They were always so adorable they were just stuffed animals, living forever on ice floes, dancing with their Happy Feet in sartorially splendid butler costumes. Now, they may save the world. Go Skipper!**

Back to immigration. It has been a known and researched problem since the dawn of America, with no comprehensive, bi-partisan solutions in sight. For younger people and those who do not read history, in 2013 the United States Senate was tired of the lack of resolution of the issue and its never-ending problems. The Senate organized a bi-partisan committee—called the Gang of Eight—to draft a solution, once and for all, John McCain, Charles Schumer, Lindsey Graham, and Marco Rubio (Yes, the Trump punching bag/loyalist) were notable participants. Their well-thought-out and debated draft legislation was the best 8 different political individuals could do and the Bill was passed by the Senate. America was halfway to a final reckoning with immigration reform, instead of “kicking the can down the road.” It failed in the House of Representatives, and we went back to each president doing it their own way. Obama, Trump, Biden, and Trump, again. Be human for a minute and imagine how this effected and affected a foreigner who wanted to emigrate (not immigrate) to the United States.

Our weather broke, yesterday and Spring arrived with an explosion of green and sunshine after 7 straight days of gray, rainy, cool weather. Mother Nature must have had second thoughts, so she corrected Herself by shoving dark, stormy clouds into our area for one last reminder of who is The Boss. I filmed a video of the sky with darkness, sideways rain and sleet on one side of the sky, with sunshine and blue sky on the other. Awesome!

** Google him